Sounds good!112 rounds plus foulers can be carried by air no problem.I have travelled to SA a couple of times by air and had the heavy(not go bang) stuff couriered there a week or so prior which was around $50 each way from Newcastle.Fly in Friday and stay in 2 Wells or the range would be a great weekend away.I'm keen.

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Pretty sure flying would be out for me so I would have to drive too so I'd be much more likely to attend if like Mike said it was tacked onto the Queen's. Maybe in a similar way to the F Class teams were included this year. Great initiative and definitely an event I would like to attend.

Trevor Rhodes wrote:Lower Light is not very kind with wind l would drop the 900 and change to 600 or 700.

There's plenty of prize meets for the shorter distances.Be good to see a comp for the longs as the international ones are.If the wind is not very kind at least it will be a real test(see how I'm talking after the comp)

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. Archilochos 680-645 BC

Sounds good. One thing to consider might be to change to 20 shots for Bisley, and 15 shots for string? 20 shot shoots are not kind to barrels, but Bisley style may slow things down somewhat.

Alan, Is there any solid documentation to support the belief that twenty shot strings are measurably more damaging than fifteen shot strings,thinking that very few F Open shooters would have ever shot a twenty shot string in Australia?I support at least one twenty shot match in a competition,though would prefer more.Twenty shot matches may be hard on rifle barrels,but they are a lot harder on the competitors,I think it is good to put the pressure on the shooters,a long string of shots tests endurance,physical and mental capacity.Mike.

This is the sort of match we need more of, but as other mentioned, I would prefer the 20 shot matches to be Bisley style. I have temperature stickers on a lot of my barrels and I cant quantify the extra throat erosion accurately, but I do know the heat certainly has time to migrate out to the stickers going buy the readings.Like Tim said, making competitions attractive to air travel (ie, 5kg ammo, all long range, so one gun) will make it more convenient for people to fly in, shoot and fly out from around the country. Like Tim, I have flown to shoot interstate a few times now and intend to do the same at the S.A Queens this year, so yes, count me in, I would travel to it. I would prefer it to be a stand along event, separate from the Queens. After 5 days of a Queens comp, most will be all shot out and needing a break.